Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative spelling: Tellinella

Synonym: Tellinota

Parent taxon: Tellina according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, Gardner 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Tellina (Arcopagia) gabbi, Tellina (Cadella), Tellina (Cyclotellina), Tellina (Elliptotellina), Tellina (Eurytellina), Tellina (Fabulina), Tellina (Finlayella), Tellina (Gastranopsis), Tellina (Homalina), Tellina (Laciolina), Tellina (Loxoglypta), Tellina (Macaliopsis), Tellina (Macomona), Tellina (Megangulus), Tellina (Miratellina), Tellina (Moerella), Tellina (Nitidotellina), Tellina (Olcesia), Tellina (Oudardia), Tellina (Peronaea), Tellina (Peronidia), Tellina (Phyllodina), Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) victoriae, Tellina (Saulella), Tellina (Scutarcopagia), Tellina (Scutocopagia), Tellina (Sinuosipagia), Tellina (Tellinidella), Tellina actutangula, Tellina aequalis, Tellina albinelloides, Tellina alisoensis, Tellina alta, Tellina ashburnerii, Tellina asperrima, Tellina australis, Tellina balaustina, Tellina barrandei, Tellina bavarica, Tellina benedenii, Tellina bernayi, Tellina beyrichi, Tellina brevirostralis, Tellina brimonti, Tellina buboana, Tellina bullula, Tellina burmeisteri, Tellina cainozoica, Tellina capsoides, Tellina cherokeensis, Tellina clallamensis, Tellina collustrata, Tellina cossmanni, Tellina couvaensis, Tellina cumana, Tellina cupressensis, Tellina cynoglossula, Tellina decurtata, Tellina diegoana, Tellina distans, Tellina distorta, Tellina divaricata, Tellina donacilla, Tellina donacina, Tellina dowlingi, Tellina edentula, Tellina edwardsi, Tellina egena, Tellina elliptica, Tellina equideclivis, Tellina equilateralis, Tellina eugenia, Tellina exarata, Tellina fabula, Tellina flexuosa, Tellina foliacea, Tellina fraasi, Tellina geulemensis, Tellina gibber, Tellina hoffmanniana, Tellina idonea, Tellina isonema, Tellina kincaidi, Tellina lata, Tellina leana, Tellina lilium, Tellina longicallus, Tellina luederitzi, Tellina madagascariensis, Tellina masinguiensis, Tellina masoni, Tellina maylandensis, Tellina merangiana, Tellina merriami, Tellina minima, Tellina modesta, Tellina molengraaffi, Tellina nitida, Tellina oregonensis, Tellina palatam, Tellina panamensis, Tellina parilis, Tellina patula, Tellina pectorosa, Tellina perrini, Tellina phylloides, Tellina pilgrimi, Tellina pinguis, Tellina pittsburgensis, Tellina planata, Tellina pondicherriensis, Tellina porrecta, Tellina praecuta, Tellina protostriatula, Tellina pulchella, Tellina pygmaea, Tellina quadrata, Tellina radiata, Tellina ralphi, Tellina rastella, Tellina redmondii, Tellina remies, Tellina remondii, Tellina ruderata, Tellina rugosa, Tellina santana, Tellina scandula, Tellina segregata, Tellina serica, Tellina serrata, Tellina sillimani, Tellina soledadensis, Tellina songoensis, Tellina staurella, Tellina subequalis, Tellina sutterensis, Tellina tallicheti, Tellina tehachapi, Tellina temperata, Tellina tenuis, Tellina transversa, Tellina tricarinata, Tellina trumani, Tellina truncata, Tellina vancouverensis, Tellina venezuelensis, Tellina verneuili, Tellina vicksburgensis, Tellina virginiana, Tellina williamsi, Tellina wilsoni, Tellina woodmanensis, Tellina woodwardi

Subtaxa: Tellina (Tellinella) canaliculata Tellina (Tellinella) chipolana Tellina (Tellinella) insurata Tellina (Tellinella) listeri Tellina (Tellinella) protera Tellina (Tellinella) reflexa Tellina (Tellinella) strophia Tellina (Tellinella) tenuilineata Tellina (Tellinella) tricarinata Tellina (Tellinella) virgata Tellina (Tellinella) waltonensis Tellinella oblonga Tellinella rovala

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Type: Tellina virgata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (1), Jamaica (2), Kenya (2), the Seychelles (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Panama (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Costa Rica (1), India (4), Indonesia (2), New Zealand (3), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Panama (1), United States (5: California)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), France (2), Japan (2), New Zealand (6), the United Kingdom (3)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Chile (1), India (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Tunisia (1), United States (3: California, Georgia, Maryland)

Total: 71 collections including 78 occurrences

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